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- New! 2012 Draft Phase II Small MS4 General Permit
The State Water Board will be accepting written comments on the Draft Phase II Small MS4 General Permit- Draft Tentative Order
- Notice - Comment deadline is July 23, 2012 by Noon
- New! 2012 Proposed Construction General Permit Amendments
The State Water Board will only be accepting written comments that are limited to the proposed amendments.- Proposed Amendments to Order No. 2009-0009-DWQ as Modified by 2010-0014-DWQ
- Notice - Comment deadline was May 14, 2012 by Noon
- Comments | Response to Comments
- New! Construction Storm Water Permit Risk Level 3 / LUP Type 3 Dischargers: Numeric Effluent Limitations are no longer in effect, Receiving Water Monitoring Requirements are Suspended
- New! Cleanup and Enforcement of Nurdles in Water Bodies (run time - 3:59)
- Video Highlights Unique Effort to Eliminate Plastic Debris. (run time - 5:07) | Script Summary
- 2011 Draft Phase II Small MS General Permit documents
- 2011 Draft NPDES Industrial General Permit documents
- 2011 Draft Caltrans General Permit documents
- Public Comment Deadline Extended to 90 days: 2011 Draft Phase II Small MS4 General Permit
Notice for Opportunity for Public Comment was been extended to Noon on Thursday, September 8, 2011.
»» See the Revised Public Notice for instructions on how to submit written comments. - Slow the Flow Video – Make Your Landscape Act Like a Sponge - A joint production
of the Water Board Training Academy, Storm Water Program, brings to life practices and
projects that individuals and communities have created to steward our
watersheds and slow down the flow of storm water, one of the largest
contributors of pollution into our waterways. (run time - 29:42)
- Storm Water Permit Fact Sheet
- MS4 Water Permit Fact Sheet
- Low Impact Development
- Assembly Bill 739 Storm Water Advisory Task Force
- The Feasibility of Numeric Effluent Limits Applicable to Storm Water Discharges
- Report a Non-Filer - Let us know if a business does not have a Storm Water Permit.
- Small MS4 Table of Submitted SWMPs -
Information regarding permit coverage process.
- Access 2000 and Excel
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